Why in the world does Paris Hilton think she can sing?

[aarontabr]

Has anyone heard Paris Hilton's "Stars are Blind" single? The first time I heard it I laughed so hard because the lyrics and her voice are so stupid. I cannot believe its actually rising on the charts (at least the AT 40 fake chart). What other horrible garbage is going to be on her CD?

Personally, I'd rather hear Tinkerbell hound on the radio or sing a yap yap chiuwawa duet of Jingle Bells than here this song. Maybe the reason it's called stars are blind because all the stars lost their vision after seeing her and that nobody dude make out in her music video ;D.

 

[XCountry285]

I absolutely HATE Paris Hilton, She has no talent, she does nothing and still gets paid for it. She isn't even that beautiful. Seriously she thinks she can get people to love her with her discusting tape etc. Please she making herself a S*&T

 

[amos]

My experience: WAS: Why in the world does Paris Hilton think she can sing?

OK, here's the deal. I have an internet station, with over 100k TLH for the last 30 days (106876). The format is mainstream CHR. I added Paris Hilton on June 18. I thought it would be very short-lived at best.

Now, nearly 6 weeks later, here's what I find.

It's my NUMBER ONE MOST REQUESTED SONG ***NOT TO PLAY***.

Yes, you read that right. I get emails and website comments that say things like
"Omg, paris hilton...no more of her! But the rest of the songs are great!"
""i love all the song except paris hilton,pls...play more pussycat dolls!"

So, you would think the other stats would pretty much suck, too. Right?

However, here they are. Total impressions (plays x listeners) = 22296.
"buy" = 1
"wishlist" = 12
"thumbs up" = 28
"thumbs down" = 38

so far, looks like the listeners don't like this song. but then this final stats.

total drops / drop % = 0 / 0%

yes, you read that right. 22296 plays, ZERO DROPS.

Here's another song for comparison: Chamillionaire, "Ridin' Dirty"

Total Impressions = 27257
"buy" = 1
"wishlist" = 9
"thumbs up" = 47
"thumbs down" = 20
total drops / drop % = 39 / 0.10% (1 tenth of 1 percent)

So, the original posters and lots of other VOCAL people may hate Paris. But the HUGE majority of listeners like the track. So I play it.

Do I think she can sing? No, but then again I don't think a lot of artists can sing. Remember Britney?

-amos

 

[SoulCrusher]

I don't think I can put into words what an awful person Paris Hilton is. I despise everything about her, from her overly promiscuous behavior to her looks (why do people find her attractive?) to her attitude - she actually thinks she's talented? She's nothing more than a worthless publicity whore. It goes without saying that her attempt at singing is absolutely dreadful and completely studio-altered - it's every bit as horrible as Britney Spears, Ashlee & Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan and all of those awful materialistic hip-hop acts of today. It disappoints me to know that the recording contract that was wasted on her could have gone to a talented artist/band that struggles to make ends meet. Really, does she need any more money? We need to start ignoring Paris Hilton, because even negative attention is good attention in this business. Maybe then she will go away and live in seclusion with her billions - we can only hope.

 

[aarontabr]

Even more horrible news. According to Wikipedia, Paris has another song to be released to radio after Stars falls off the chart. I forgot the title, and I don't care. It was released to AOL i-Tunes a week ago.

 

[SoulCrusher]

I'm ashamed in the American public for making Paris Hilton famous and for supporting this dreck. I wonder what people around the world think of us when they see things like this. Really, it embarrasses me to think about what people outside of the U.S. think of us when they see something like this. It really surprises me that so many people completely lack the sophistication and class to see through this bimbo. Well, at least I'm happy to be in good company on this board.

If there's any justice in this world, this album and single(s) will bomb, hard. Not gonna happen, though. Just wishful thinking on my part. Everyone and his mother seems to love "Stars Are Blind" for some reason. They can't possibly be listening to the same awful song that I heard, could they?

 

[bueller]

However, if Gwen Stefani released this song, there wouldn't be near the criticism.
People are flipping out over it because it's Paris Hilton.
The song itself is sugary, summer pop that anyone could probably sing. It's not a good or a bad song, it's just a fun pop tune.

 

[SoulCrusher]

However, if Gwen Stefani released this song, there wouldn't be near the criticism.
People are flipping out over it because it's Paris Hilton.
The song itself is sugary, summer pop that anyone could probably sing. It's not a good or a bad song, it's just a fun pop tune.

A lot of people have said that, but it doesn't amount to much as far as I'm concerned - I can't stand Gwen Stefani either. She's always had this real high-pitched, nasal, shrill voice that I've always found real off-putting, and I can't believe she's had such a long career while more talented singers with similar voices like Toni Basil and Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons have fallen by the wayside (better songs made the voices tolerable, no whining about ex-boyfriends like Ms. Stefani loves to do). Surely "Hollaback Girl" and "Crash" are playing alongside Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, K-Fed, Ashlee Simpson and Black Eyed Peas in high rotation on the only radio station in hell.

 

[spongebag7890]

I like the track...as a laugh.

It's obvious she has no vocal talent, but do you really need talent to be big? Look at D4L, Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, that damn annoying Cherish song, Jennifer Lopez, and lots of others that has no talent in what they do. BUT, they have the talent to get people to like their music using looks, catchiness, etc etc. Paris has no vocal talent but she's had success in movies/TV, as a model, and the fact that the song has a difference of reggae to it that makes it catchy. You don't NEED good music to top the charts. If that were the truth than Gnarls Barkley would be #1 for four months. It doesn't work that way all the time.

 

[jcolletta275]

[Cherish "Do It To It"] = [Ciara "Oh"] - [talent] + [originality]

 

[aarontabr]

However, if Gwen Stefani released this song, there wouldn't be near the criticism.
People are flipping out over it because it's Paris Hilton.
The song itself is sugary, summer pop that anyone could probably sing. It's not a good or a bad song, it's just a fun pop tune.

After hearing Hollaback Girl, Gwen deserves a big banana cream pie in the face! Seriously, had they not put the banannas and said s--- so much, I would have liked that song even more.

 

[the golden boy]

I'm with the detractors on this one. I bet the late Conrad Hilton is spinning in his grave, shuddering at the thought of his granddaughter possibly running the Hilton hotel chain.

 

[aarontabr]

Off the subject, does anyone know if a London Mariott exsists ?

 

[kirkiefan]

Has anyone heard Paris Hilton's "Stars are Blind" single? The first time I heard it I laughed so hard because the lyrics and her voice are so stupid. I cannot believe its actually rising on the charts (at least the AT 40 fake chart). What other horrible garbage is going to be on her CD?

Personally, I'd rather hear Tinkerbell hound on the radio or sing a yap yap chiuwawa duet of Jingle Bells than here this song. Maybe the reason it's called stars are blind because all the stars lost their vision after seeing her and that nobody dude make out in her music video ;D.

Paris would be better off if she would stop putting herself on a pedistal and donate her large portion of her family fortune to the homeless,the victims of the atrocities in Sudan or even more so become a franciscan nun after she stops and smells the roses....and let Hilary,Gwen,Celine,Shania and Mariah do the singing.

 

[aarontabr]

Has anyone heard Paris Hilton's "Stars are Blind" single? The first time I heard it I laughed so hard because the lyrics and her voice are so stupid. I cannot believe its actually rising on the charts (at least the AT 40 fake chart). What other horrible garbage is going to be on her CD?

Personally, I'd rather hear Tinkerbell hound on the radio or sing a yap yap chiuwawa duet of Jingle Bells than here this song. Maybe the reason it's called stars are blind because all the stars lost their vision after seeing her and that nobody dude make out in her music video ;D.

Paris would be better off if she would stop putting herself on a pedistal and donate her large portion of her family fortune to the homeless,the victims of the atrocities in Sudan or even more so become a franciscan nun after she stops and smells the roses....and let Hilary,Gwen,Celine,Shania and Mariah do the singing.

That would be nice. Although the day Paris becomes a generous humble servant will be the day the Detroit Lions go to the Super Bowl.

 

[SoulCrusher]

Has anyone heard Paris Hilton's "Stars are Blind" single? The first time I heard it I laughed so hard because the lyrics and her voice are so stupid. I cannot believe its actually rising on the charts (at least the AT 40 fake chart). What other horrible garbage is going to be on her CD?

Personally, I'd rather hear Tinkerbell hound on the radio or sing a yap yap chiuwawa duet of Jingle Bells than here this song. Maybe the reason it's called stars are blind because all the stars lost their vision after seeing her and that nobody dude make out in her music video ;D.

Paris would be better off if she would stop putting herself on a pedistal and donate her large portion of her family fortune to the homeless,the victims of the atrocities in Sudan or even more so become a franciscan nun after she stops and smells the roses....and let Hilary,Gwen,Celine,Shania and Mariah do the singing.

That would be nice. Although the day Paris becomes a generous humble servant will be the day the Detroit Lions go to the Super Bowl.

Correction: The day she does it will be the day that the Houston Texans go to the Super Bowl and the Kansas City Royals win the World Series in the same year! Really, why do people like her so much? No one seems to have a better reason than "she's hot" or "she's cool". I'm just waiting for someone to come on here and back their idol up with legitimate statements.

 

[Jay F]

What the Paris Hilton song has is novelty, listeners are curious what she sounds like singing. Plus many of the same people who keep up with Paris, admire her, or even worship her are CHR listeners.

What I see on this and so many CHR threads is a "male with good taste in music" perspective with little regard for what the mostly young female CHR core audience actually wants to hear.

Let's say there were two CHRs competing against each other in a market. CHR #1 jumped on Paris Hilton and, pounds the "Hollaback Girl" , "My Humps" and "Do It To It" type of songs when they are curent and always looks out for those types of songs.

CHR #2 takes a pass on those big hits. They generally have a "no bimbo" policy or even a "no hot girl" policy and feel a responsibility to the community and culture at large to avoid those "hoochie" songs and artists. They will let CHR #1 play that "junk" while they play "quality" music from "talented" artists such as Staind and Rob Thomas. They avoid most hip hop, Gnarles Barkley is as "Crazy" as it's going to get.

While many posters on this board would love CHR #2, who do you think would win the ratings battle? Of course everyone knows, even those of you that hate stations like it, that CHR #1 would destroy CHR #2!

It seems like we went through this years ago, the CHRs that were more adult either fully evolved into Hot ACs or took a "if you can't beat them join them" approach and started playing the hits.

I guess my main point is that things are the way they are for a reason. The marketplace decides what the hits are not elitists with "good taste in music". The masses of CHR listeners, who tend to be younger and certainly more female than who posts here, like the way CHR sounds, like the selection of music, and yes do want to listen to (at least initially, if anything out of curiosity), Paris Hilton.

 

[SoulCrusher]

What the Paris Hilton song has is novelty, listeners are curious what she sounds like singing. Plus many of the same people who keep up with Paris, admire her, or even worship her are CHR listeners.

That's true, but I'm still trying to figure out why these people admire her or worship her the way they do. She's amoral, unintelligent, slovenly, undignified, spoiled, and a million other negative traits that I could throw at her. Why do we put someone like this on a pedestal? Believe me, I'm not a prude who thinks we should all be listening to Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith - far from it actually. But it disgusts me to see that someone like Paris Hilton is a role model and adored so much by the youth of America.

I guess my main point is that things are the way they are for a reason. The marketplace decides what the hits are not elitists with "good taste in music". The masses of CHR listeners, who tend to be younger and certainly more female than who posts here, like the way CHR sounds, like the selection of music, and yes do want to listen to (at least initially, if anything out of curiosity), Paris Hilton.

This was an intelligent post - it's true that young girls with disposable incomes are the ones that support most CHRs, and it all comes down to knowing your audience. What I don't understand is why there is even a curiosity factor with Paris Hilton's "singing" career. She has shown absolutely no talent in anything she has done, and that is counting "One Night In Paris" as well. She's not really attractive (I think she looks like something out of a science fiction movie, personally), and she is truly a disgusting person in every sense of the word - and that's not even opinion, it's fact. It shouldn't have come as any surprise that she used her connections to get a recording contract, and that she is about as weak a singer as you'll find out there ... but then again, everything I've said in this paragraph also applies to Britney Spears as well, and look at how popular she is, for whatever reason. If people really like that "Stars Are Blind" song so much, it's the producer or songwriter(s) that deserve credit - they could have plucked any person off the street to sing that song, as Paris Hilton brings nothing to it other than name recognition.

 

[Jay F]

I know what you mean Soul Crusher, I have thought the same things about Paris Hilton, especially when she first became famous. Now I'm used to her being a pop culture icon. All I can guess is that the media kept showing her and pushing her so much that the masses were sort of brainwashed into thinking she is more talented, interesting, beautiful, etc, then she really is.

I asked my girlfreind if she heard the song. She said "Yes, I like it, it's catchy and has a summertime beat". I'm sure that's a very typical reaction. So there you go, you have an artist with a tremendous amount of star power singing a song with a reasonably catchy hook, that's why it's getting airplay and could become a hit.

 

[aarontabr]

I agree with SoulCrusher, some do care too much about celebrity gossip. Personally, the song writers should have picked Pee Wee Herman to sing Stars Are Blind (or Baby One More Time, Don't Cha, Buttons, Dirrrty, Hot in Herre, etc). Everyone knows Pee Wee Herman is a great singer . Ok that was sarcasm. But hey, at least he would be funny trying to sing the song. Kudos to the song writers for having to put up with her.